Short rails for hollywood beds



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SHORT RAILS non noLLYwooD BEDS John Henry De Boer, Syracuse, N. Y.;Marine Midland Trust Company of Central New York and Benjamin E. Shove,executors of said John Henry De Boer, assignors to De Boer ManufacturingCompany, Inc., Syracuse, N. Y., a corporation of New York ApplicationDecember 9, 1952, Serial No. 324,895

3 Claims. (Cl. -287) My invention relates to short rails for displaybedsteads; and is an improvement on the construction set forth in myexpired Patent No. 991,049, dated May 2, 1911.

As set forth in that patent, the invention relates to that class ofbedstead side rails which are made short in length for the purpose oftemporarily locking the footboard and head-board comparatively closetogether in their natural upright positions, for use in the show roomsof stores; and the object of the invention is to provide a very simpleand eifective device for use with the headboards of Hollywood beds; orany other beds not having foot-boards of their own.

The device includes a rectangular frame formed of a good quality of woodwith its corner portions in rigid interlocking engagement, and with thegrain of the wood in each individual side of the rectangle running inthe direction of the longitudinal extent of that individual side, saidrectangular frame being preferably longer in one direction than theother.

This rectangular frame forms the short rail of my recent arrangement,and has the following advantage. It may be formed of material which islight in weight, is easily worked, and very cheap in price.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a diminutive perspective view of a deviceembodying the invention, showing one method of attaching it to theheadboard of a Hollywood type bed. In this View the rectangular framewhich forms the side rail of the device, is disposed its long waybetween the headboard of the bed and the footboard of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device as it appears when therectangular frame which forms the side rail of the device is disposedits long way between the headboard and the footboard.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of thearrow 3.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of thearrow 4.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the device as it appears when therectangular frame which forms the side rail of the device is disposedits short way between the headboard and footboard.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of Fig. 5.

In my original patent referred to hereinabove, the rectangular frameswhich formed the side rails of the device were provided with projectinghooks which engaged with pins anchored in the head and footboards of thebed; and were connected at their inner ends with a tumbuckle.

In my present arrangement I dispose of the turnbuckles entirely, andinstead thereof provide a rectangular frame generally indicated by theletter A, longer in one direction than the other; and provided in itsopposing shorter ends with longitudinal slots 3. Two bolts 4,

spaced somewhat apart from each other, pass through the headboard 1 ofthe bed at points in registration with the slot in the head end of therectangular frame, with locknuts 6 on the inner projecting ends of saidbolts, whereby the rectangular frame is rigidly attached to theheadboard of the bed. The footboard 2 of the device is provided with abore in registration with the slot 3 in the foot-end of the rectangularframe, and a bolt 8 passes inwardly through said footboard and saidslot, with a wing-nut 10 on the inner end of said bolt, whereby thefootboard of the device is rigidly secured in engagement with thefoot-end of the rectangular side rail.

It will be observed that while the headboard is rigidly secured to oneend of the rectangular frame by two bolts which will prevent the framefrom lateral rocking on the headboard, the footboard is attached to theother end of the rectangular frame by only one bolt. However, in thisconnection, attention is called to the fact that the footboard has ashallow channel 7 in its inner side, into which channel the foot-end ofthe rectangular frame snugly fits, so that only one wing-nut isnecessary to hold the footboard against any rotary movement on the outerends of the rectangular frame, as clearly shown in Fig. l of thedrawings. Hence the headboard and the footboard are held in rigidvertical engagement with each other.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, the rectangular frame A is disposed its shortway between the headboard and the footboard of the bed which arrangementgives a shorter bed rail than does the arrangement shown in Fig. 2. Thebolts 4 with washers 5, are the same as those shown in Fig. 2; and thesame is true of the bolt 8, the washer 9, and the wing-nut 10, alsoshown in Fig. 2. In this an rangement, however, the bolts 4 and 8 passthrough bores in the two longer sides of the rectangular frame, as shownin Figs. 6 and 7. The position of these holes is also shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2.

When the rectangular frame is used its short way, as illustrated in Fig.5, the slots 3 in the shorter sides of the rectangular frame areuseless, but are not in the way.

In many Hollywood beds already on the market, the bolts in theheadboards are at different heights above the floor, Varying anywherefrom 5" to 10", and it often happens that persons who have experiencedinconvenience in making proper adjustments with theturnbuckle-arrangement desire to substitute the present arrangementtherefor. This change is very easily made since the long slots 3 in theend sections of the rectangular frame make it possible to use the samebolts, washers, wing-nuts, etc., without changing any of them, the slotsin the shorter ends of the rectangular frame being long enough tocomprehend all the present positions of said parts. Thus, therectangular frame A may be adjusted relative to the headboard 1 andfootboard 2 to hold the headboard in upright position regardless of theposition of the bolts 4 therethrough.

I claim:

1. A device for supporting the headboard of a bed in an upright positionfor display purposes comprising a substantially rectangular framemember, said frame member being secured at one end to said headboard bymeans providing vertical adjustability of the frame relative to theheadboard, and a footboard secured to the opposite end of said framemember by means providing vertical adjustability of the footboardrelative to the frame, whereby said device can be adjusted to positionthe bottom of said footboard in horizontal alignment with the bottom ofsaid headboard to maintain the latter in upright position.

2. In a device for supporting the headboard of a bed in an uprightposition for display purposes, said headboard being provided with meansto normally secure it to the remainder of the bed, a substantiallyrectangular frame member: at" least 1W6 Zfi'ific'isd sides" of 55rdfraifii member having longitudinal "slots therein, the slot in one ofsaid frame member sides coacting with said headboard seenfingmeans toprovide a vertieally adjiisjtlilecafifietron between the frame mannerand neaqboa'rm. and a footboaircfsecuf'e'd' to flieo'piiosi'tefside ofsaid frame ffiefii} her, said'reotboard' having" seenfifi means"coa'etifig' with me 51m in said opp'osiite fr'ziir'ie side' fo' providea y'ftially' adjustable cmineetion Between the footbo'ard and the" framemember, whereby said device can be adjusted" to positidn' the Bottom ofsaid} footbd'ard in lioriibnfal aIig'nh'en-t Witli the bott'ofii' ofsaid headboard to' hold flie lafter in uprightpositionf. I I

3. devijcte'for suppdrting theheadboard era H0113 wood type bed and inan ufir'fglif fids'itiori for disp ay pnros'es, said heaqeoard' beingfifovided with fastenin means" to normally secureit to the" remainder ofthe Bed, a" substantiallfflaf, rectangular frar'n'e member; at leasttiiv'o op osed sides of a'id frame member having fii tiallydis'fiosed,loh'g'imdinalslotstherein, thence in one, or said frame member s'i'd'es'coac'ting' with said headboard fastenin means tdp'rdyide a Verticallyadjustable connection therebetween, a footboard secured to theopfidsl'te side of said franie member, said footboard having a shallowlongitudinal chanhel on the inner side thereof to slidably receive saidopposite frame member side therein, and securing means in said footboardcoacting with the slot in said opposite ffar'ne member side to provide avertically adjustable connection between the footboard and fra'riimember, said fiafiie member being disposed in a substantially vertiealplane between said head and fdotboards, whereby aid device can beadjusted to positionthe bottom of said footboafd in horizontal alignmentwith the bottom of said headboard to lioldthe latter in uprightposition.

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